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With the new national tv money rolling in, where do you suppose 90-95 million would rank among team payroll? I think the Rockies have tended to rank in the lower half of the Forbes revenue estimates, though closer to the middle than the bottom.

At any rate, the Rockies' management hasn't seemed all that willing to spend a lot. But they have to decide what they're doing (I know, always a problem). Just being mediocre while being able to advertise that Tulo and CarGo are on the roster, or do you want to try to fill in the holes around them while they're still under 30?

With the new national tv money rolling in, where do you suppose 90-95 million would rank among team payroll? I think the Rockies have tended to rank in the lower half of the Forbes revenue estimates, though closer to the middle than the bottom.

Well the Royals have committed to about $85 million next year in a market about 25% smaller than Denver with a terrible TV contract and supposedly one of the stingiest owners in baseball. I would think Denver should be around $100-120 mill at least.

Just being mediocre while being able to advertise that Tulo and CarGo are on the roster, or do you want to try to fill in the holes around them while they're still under 30?

The Rockies really don't have that many holes. Their worst hitters last year were LeMahieu, who was 24, and Arenado, who was 22. If those two guys just continue to make incremental progress, all they'd need to do is find a first baseman who can hit to have a pretty good offense. That doesn't seem like the hardest thing in the world.

The biggest problems last year was that (1) their best players all got hurt, which was exacerbated by the fact that (2) the bench was awful, and (3) they couldn't find a fifth starter who was above Adam Eaton level. But the eight-man lineup isn't that bad.

Tom, I was counting the bench and the back end of the rotation as holes. 1st base, too--now they can finally address it.

Edit: I would count 2nd the last few years, though maybe they're not doing that bad when D in included. It would be good if LeMahieu can settle in; he at least seems like a solid defender. It seems they've been trying to find guys or go with veteran stopgaps and then having to deal with sifting through the guys who aren't cutting it/playing backups too many games there.